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Using a While Loop

For loops are good for repeating things a certain number of times; however, in some of your programs, though, you won’t know how many times something is going to happen. In these instances, you need a while loop. For example, you might need a program to continue asking a question until the user gets the correct answer, or you might write a card program that continues drawing cards until it pulls an ace. In either case, you don’t know beforehand how many times the loop will occur, so a while loop is the best solution for this type of situation.

It is possible to use for loops for any kind of looping situation, but using one for ...

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